Too many for that unfortunately Well, eventually got it to work. Fx_runner does the damage, deathanim does the effect. Issues - The NPC corpse doesnt get removed, if you animate it to move under the floor the effect also goes under the floor. Currently using a "make invisible" script when it dies and then making it visible again on respawn to get around it. Seems to work alright. Wont work OFC with spawns via the console, only with the ones placed in radiant..Unelss you use lugormod to give spawned npcs deathscripts and spawnscripts.